Rehabilitation in Intensive Care Unit

ABSTRACT

In the past, critically ill patients in intensive care units have often been managed with bed rest and sedation. On the other hand, prolonged bed rest results in deconditioning and many survivors from the intensive care unit suffer from physical and mental sequelae. Therefore, rehabilitation in intensive care units has been started to prevent them. Recently, many positive results about the effectiveness and safety of rehabilitation in intensive care units were published. In this review, the evidence and the practical point of rehabilitation in intensive care units are discussed.